# Illinois HB1861: SCH CD-SPEC ED-RESIDENT DIST Illinois HB1861, SCH CD-SPEC ED-RESIDENT DIST, is a 104th General Assembly (2025–2026) House bill sponsored by no sponsor on record; status signed, last action 2025-08-15 (Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0202); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-11-01). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IL-HB1861-2025-2026 - As of: 2026-11-01 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Illinois HB1861 - State: Illinois - Session: 104th General Assembly (2025–2026) - Title: SCH CD-SPEC ED-RESIDENT DIST - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-01-29 - Last action: 2025-08-15, Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0202 - Sponsors: no sponsor on record - Cosponsors: 5 - Subjects: appropriations-elementary & secondary education, assignments, education - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 5 (197 yes, 3 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 4 ## Summary Amends the Children with Disabilities Article of the School Code. Provides that for a child residing in a long-term, acute care facility serving a majority of patients who are (i) minor children and (ii) Medicaid-eligible in Harvey School District 152, if a parent or guardian moves out of the State after the child is placed in such a facility, that parent or guardian shall enroll the child in a school in the other state to initiate reimbursement to Illinois. With respect to determining the location of a student's parent or guardian, provides that the information submitted to the State Superintendent of Education must include an affidavit from that school district's superintendent or the facility's director attesting that the location of the parent or guardian is unknown and at least 3 satisfactory attempts (rather than 4 items of documentary evidence that a minimum of 4 separate attempts) were made on 3 separate days to locate the parent or guardian and no response was received from the parent or guardian within 14 days after such satisfactory attempts. Provides that for a child residing in a long-term, acute care facility serving a majority of patients who are (i) minor children and (ii) Medicaid-eligible in Harvey School District 152, the following apply: (1) if the child is not currently enrolled in a school district or if the resident school district is unknown, the appropriate resident school district must be identified and the child must be enrolled in that district prior to the placement of the child, except in emergency situations; (2) for a child with an out-of-state resident district whose out-of-state resident district has refused to enroll the child in the district, despite being contacted by both the nonpublic school within the applicable facility and the State Board of Education, the resident district shall be the student's most recent resident district in Illinois and that resident district shall be the responsible payee; and (3) the equivalent of each applicable child's tuition receipts for the 2025-2026 school year shall be paid to the resident district. Makes other changes. Effective immediately. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - One-year tuition funding for resident districts: benefit, low. For fiscal year 2027 only, the law provides tuition-related payments to resident districts for children covered by the qualifying-facility rules. Payment equals each covered child’s tuition receipts for the 2025–2026 school year. Payments depend on the State setting aside money. This payment rule e… - School access and duties for families: mixed, medium. The law sets enrollment rules for qualifying long-term acute care facilities in West Harvey-Dixmoor District 147 and Thornton Township High School District 205. These facilities serve mostly Medicaid-eligible children. For children not enrolled or whose resident district is unknown, the district mu… - Enrollment duties when facility families move: mixed, low. These rules cover qualifying long-term acute care facilities serving mostly Medicaid-eligible children in West Harvey-Dixmoor District 147 or Thornton Township High School District 205. Parents moving out of Illinois after placement must enroll their child in the new state to start reimbursement to… - New proof rules for missing guardians: mixed, low. The law changes how schools show that a student’s parent or guardian cannot be located. A school superintendent or special education facility director must submit a sworn statement confirming at least 3 satisfactory attempts on 3 separate days. It must also confirm no response within 14 days after… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Cosponsor: Camille Y. Lilly (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Diane Blair-Sherlock (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Meg Loughran Cappel (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Michelle Mussman (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: William "Will" Davis (Democratic), House ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-05-22 | Senate | Third Reading - Passed; | pass | 58 | 0 | | | 2025-04-30 | Senate | Do Pass Education; | pass | 14 | 0 | | | 2025-04-08 | House | Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed | pass | 113 | 0 | | | 2025-03-25 | House | House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Appropriations-Elementary & Secondary Education Committee; | pass | 6 | 0 | | | 2025-03-11 | House | Do Pass / Short Debate Appropriations-Elementary & Secondary Education Committee; | pass | 6 | 3 | | ## Actions (35) - 2025-08-15: Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0202 (House) - 2025-08-15: Effective Date August 15, 2025 (House) - 2025-08-15: Governor Approved (House) - 2025-06-20: Sent to the Governor (House) - 2025-05-22: Passed Both Houses (House) - 2025-05-22: Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 (Senate) - 2025-05-20: Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading ** (Senate) - 2025-05-07: Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 8, 2025 (Senate) - 2025-05-07: Second Reading (Senate) - 2025-04-30: Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 1, 2025 (Senate) - 2025-04-30: Do Pass Education; 014-000-000 (Senate) - 2025-04-23: Assigned to Education (Senate) - 2025-04-10: Referred to Assignments (Senate) - 2025-04-10: First Reading (Senate) - 2025-04-10: Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Meg Loughran Cappel (Senate) - 2025-04-09: Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 10, 2025 (Senate) - 2025-04-09: Arrive in Senate (Senate) - 2025-04-08: Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Camille Y. Lilly (House) - 2025-04-08: Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 113-000-000 (House) - 2025-04-08: Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate (House) - 2025-04-08: House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted (House) - 2025-03-26: Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate (House) - 2025-03-26: Second Reading - Short Debate (House) - 2025-03-25: House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Appropriations-Elementary & Secondary Education Committee; 006-000-000 (House) - 2025-03-20: House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Appropriations-Elementary & Secondary Education Committee (House) - 2025-03-19: House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee (House) - 2025-03-19: House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. William "Will" Davis (House) - 2025-03-13: Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Diane Blair-Sherlock (House) - 2025-03-13: Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michelle Mussman (House) - 2025-03-12: Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate (House) - 2025-03-11: Do Pass / Short Debate Appropriations-Elementary & Secondary Education Committee; 006-003-000 (House) - 2025-02-25: Assigned to Appropriations-Elementary & Secondary Education Committee (House) - 2025-01-29: Referred to Rules Committee (House) - 2025-01-29: First Reading (House) - 2025-01-29: Filed with the Clerk by Rep. William "Will" Davis (House) ## Bill text - Engrossed: [PDF](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB1861eng.pdf) - Enrolled: [PDF](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB1861enr.pdf) - House Amendment 1: [PDF](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB1861ham001.pdf) - Introduced: [PDF](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB1861.pdf) ## Related bills - HB5198: AFFORDABLE HOUSING-CILAS (passed house) - SB1937: PENSION CODE-VARIOUS (passed senate) - HB2563: CONDO-RESERVE STUDY (in committee) - HB4701: LIMITATIONS FACILITY FEES ACT (in committee) - SB3008: DHS-ABLE PROGRAM INFO MATERIAL (passed senate) - SB3484: VEH CD-PLATES-REGISTRATION (signed) ## Sources - [Engrossed (PDF)](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB1861eng.pdf) - [Enrolled (PDF)](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB1861enr.pdf) - [House Amendment 1 (PDF)](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB1861ham001.pdf) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB1861.pdf) ## Related - [HB5198: AFFORDABLE HOUSING-CILAS](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IL-HB5198-2025-2026) - [SB1937: PENSION CODE-VARIOUS](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IL-SB1937-2025-2026) - [HB2563: CONDO-RESERVE STUDY](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IL-HB2563-2025-2026) - [HB4701: LIMITATIONS FACILITY FEES ACT](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IL-HB4701-2025-2026) - [SB3008: DHS-ABLE PROGRAM INFO MATERIAL](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IL-SB3008-2025-2026) - [SB3484: VEH CD-PLATES-REGISTRATION](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IL-SB3484-2025-2026) - [Illinois bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/illinois/bills) - [Illinois state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/illinois) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IL-HB1861-2025-2026 (as of 2026-11-01).